You know, the funny thing of it is that I was on the verisign-grs.com site. As far as I could tell, I was completing a form that would submit to the registry techs. You know, this stuff should be so much easier than it is. What stupid little games we have to play, huh? I'm sure glad all industries don't operate like this one. The global economy would collapse in a heartbeat if it did! Thanks Bill, -Mark
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mark Petersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 10:30 PM Subject: Re: Domain Drops > That sounds like a response from Verisign *registrar* when you were > looking for a response from Verisign *registry*... > > > On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Mark Petersen wrote: > > > Hello All, > > I've been watching for a few domains to drop for a couple of clients of mine. > > A couple of them are well over 90 days past expiration. Their previous registrars > > say that they were submitted to VGRS weeks ago for deletion. I enquired about > > this with VGRS. Below is the response I received. > > <snip> > > > > Dear Mr. Petersen, > > > > Thank you for contacting VeriSign. > > > > VeriSign, Inc., periodically deletes domain names that are up > > for deletion in bulk since bulk deletion better enables us to > > insure that only those domain names that are actually up for > > deletion are properly deleted (as compared to running a deletion > > process). > > > > The dates on which these bulk deletions occur are arbitrarily > > selected by our engineering department based upon system loading > > and other technical factors. In order to protect against > > an overload of our systems, we do not disclose these deletion dates. > > > > You may, therefore, either continue to check our site for the > > availability of the domain name and attempt to obtain it through > > the public registration process, contact http://www.snapnames.com > > to attempt to back-order this domain, or, in the alternative, contact > > the listed registrant directly and discuss the possibility of > > executing a registrant name change agreement. > > > > To visit our WHOIS database to locate registrant information for > > a domain, please go to: > > > > http://www.netsol.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois > > > > Best regards, > > > > Garvinne001 > > VeriSign > > http://www.networksolutions.com > > </snip> > > > > Ok, first off...Wow!! What a boatload of mumbo jumbo double talk crap!!!! > > Secondly, didn't their used to be some limits as to when domains would be > > deleted once they were submitted for deletion by their registrars? > > Also, does it look to anyone else like perhaps the rules have been changed > > in order to give Version's WLS a possible advantage in the future? Maybe it's > > just me being paranoid, but that sure is what it looks like to me. I've certainly > > never waited this long (9 weeks) for a domain to drop after it's been submitted > > to drop in the past. > > > > Suggestions? Comments? Experiences? > > Thanks, > > Mark > > > > Mark Petersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Planet Nic http://www.planet-nic.com >
